Behind Convent Walls

Set in a 19th-century Italian convent, this drama follows a group of young nuns who struggle with their sexual desires while living under strict discipline. While the Mother Superior and a confessor priest attempt to enforce abstinence and order, the women engage in various clandestine erotic activities. The situation escalates as the nuns seek to bring temptation into the cloister, leading to a series of scandalous events and accidental deaths by poisoning.

Directed by Walerian Borowczyk, this production sits between his 1976 film The Margin and 1979's Immoral Women. Borowczyk also co-wrote the screenplay alongside Stendhal and Marcello Lizzani. The cast features Marina Pierro as Sister Veronica, Ligia Branice as Sister Clara, Gabriella Giacobbe as Abbess Flavia Orsini, Loredana Martínez as Sister Martina, Howard Ross as Rodrigo Landriani, and Rodolfo Dal Pra as the Bishop. Produced by Giuseppe Vezzani through Lisa Film and Trust International Films, the movie has a runtime of 95 minutes. On TMDB, it holds a rating of 5/10 based on 59 votes.